About Palma Village

Palma is a mid sized village in Tundi tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 609, made up of 317 males and 292 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 394.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 834002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Tehsil	Tundi
Pincode	834002
Area (hectares)	394.06 hectares
Population	609
Male Population	317
Female Population	292
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palma compares

By the 2011 count Palma is the 56th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 394.06 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Palma

Palma is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Palma as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Nowada, Ojhadi, Pabra and Paharpur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Palma

As per the Census of India 2011, Palma village had a population of 609. That makes it the 56th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Palma village has 317 males and 292 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palma has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Palma is 834002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palma covers 394.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palma falls under Tundi tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Palma notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Palma.

Palma is in Tundi tehsil of Dhanbad district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.